Caithness Broch Center
The Caithness Broch Center , (Ionad Bhroch Ghallaibh) a museum dedicated to the exploration of the brochs , is located in the old school of Auckengill, a small hamlet off the main road from Wick to John o 'Groats in Caithness in the far north of Scotland .
In Scotland there are the remains of around 500 brochs. The distribution of tower structures confined to Scotland has its greatest density in Caithness, Orkney , the Shetland Islands and some islands in the Hebrides . The conical, statically erected round towers made of dry stone masonry using very advanced construction technology often have galleries, niches, stairs, door devices and guard cells within the walls. Some brochures were isolated, others were in the center of outbuildings. The architecture and furnishings within the brochures vary. Some had fire pits and stone room dividers inside, while traces of animals were found in others.
They were made in the last centuries BC. BC and the first centuries AD and first explored by Alexander Henry Rhind and Joseph Anderson. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, more than one facility was excavated each year. Francis Tress Barry (1825-1907) and John Nicolson took over a number of Broch excavations around Sinclair's Bay. Barry dug up more brochs than anyone else.
The Broch Center serves to present the remains recovered from the Brochs. It does this through the presentation of artifacts and information boards. A brochure model, various tools, a collection of lamp bases, vessels, stone balls and cubes are also on display. The overarching theme is the nearby Nybster Broch , excavated in 2011 .
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Coordinates: 58 ° 33 '24 " N , 3 ° 5' 15" W.